REL 201 - Anthropology and Religion

Institution:

CUNY Medgar Evers College

Subject:

Religion

Description:

This course provides a limited overview of anthropological theories related to the study of religion. It focuses upon understanding religious practice from a cross-cultural perspective, with attention to myths, ritual and symbolism. Within that purview, the course will examine the uneasy relationship of ethnocentrism to religious diversity. This investigation proposes to offer a different way of looking at the role of religion in people's lives. The course will also explore religious expressions that have received critical evaluation in popular opinion, and place them within the context of new religions, revitalized movements, cargo cults and/or charismatic.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mec.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 270-4900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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